Blog posts from around the country

San Francisco Bay Chapter
In order for the Sierra Club to make an impact commensurate with the enormity of the threats facing the environment today, we need our members to be active and engaged. Right now, that means voting in the election for your local Sierra Club…
San Francisco Bay Chapter
We’re used to seeing parking as an ordinary feature of the urban landscape, in lots, garages, and all along our streets. But it’s time to reimagine our cities. We must shift our focus away from fulfilling the extreme demand for parking and towards…
Grand Canyon Chapter
ALBUQUERQUE, NM-- Last week, the Gila National Forest served rancher Craig Thiessen notice of a decision to cancel the grazing permit for the Canyon del Buey allotment near Reserve, New Mexico. Thiessen had pleaded guilty to intentionally trapping…
Angeles Chapter
Formed in 2017, the California Sierra Club Political Action Committee (CSC-PAC) ended its first
Houston Group / Lone Star Chapter / Texas
All Houston Sierra Club members and their guests are invited to our Holiday Party on December 19 at 6:30pm at the Bay Area Community Center in Clear Lake Park. Please bring a vegetarian side dish: vegetables, fruit, salad, or dessert. The club will…
Angeles Chapter
The Sierra Club welcomes more than 3.5 million members, volunteers and supporters across 63 chapters and even more groups, whose collective influence advances climate change action, protects the environment, and ad
Alabama Chapter
For 50 years, Alabama Environmental Council has been a leader in environmental protection. During that time, they’ve protected public lands, promoted recycling, educated, and advocated. And, they’ve operated the state’s oldest nonprofit recycling…
Alabama Chapter
Due to my position with Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal Campaign, I get a lot of questions about the dirty residue from burning coal, or Alabama’s policies regarding solar energy for generating electricity. But there’s another area of public policy that…
Houston Group / Lone Star Chapter / Texas
Houston METRO is currently drafting a new transit plan for the Houston region, called METROnext and a new round of public meetings is expected in early 2019. LINK Houston, a recently established transit advocacy group, has released an Equity in…